WWTBAM Bored

1. Gwendolyn Brooks - alive
2. Norman Mailer - dead
3. Joseph Ellis - alive
4. Katharine Graham - dead
5. Jerry Bock - alive
6. Barbara Tuchman - dead
7. Ned Rorem - alive
8. Jeff MacNelly - dead
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up) - dead
10. Ron Suskind - alive

best selling authors

1. Gwendolyn Brooks = Dead
2. Norman Mailer = Recently Dead
3. Joseph Ellis = Alive
4. Katharine Graham = Dead
5. Jerry Bock = Dead
6. Barbara Tuchman = Dead
7. Ned Rorem = Dead
8. Jeff MacNelly = Dead
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up) = Dead
10. Ron Suskind = Dead

Hmm... novelists, a publisher, a cartoonist, a columnist, historian... all involved in some kind of publishing... I will go with Pulitzer Prize Winners.

1. Gwendolyn Brooks D
2. Norman Mailer D
3. Joseph Ellis A
4. Katharine Graham D
5. Jerry Bock A
6. Barbara Tuchman D
7. Ned Rorem A
8. Jeff MacNelly D
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up) A
10. Ron Suskind A

Pulitizer Prize Winners

1. Gwendolyn Brooks - Alive
2. Norman Mailer - Dead
3. Joseph Ellis - Alive
4. Katharine Graham - Dead
5. Jerry Bock - Alive
6. Barbara Tuchman - Dead
7. Ned Rorem - Alive
8. Jeff MacNelly - Dead
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up) - Alive
10. Ron Suskind - Dead

Pulitzer Prize Winners?

1. Gwendolyn Brooks - D
2. Norman Mailer - D
3. Joseph Ellis -A
4. Katharine Graham- D
5. Jerry Bock -A
6. Barbara Tuchman - A
7. Ned Rorem - D
8. Jeff MacNelly - D
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up) - A
10. Ron Suskind - D

Theme? Newspaper Opinion people

1. Gwendolyn Brooks - Alive
2. Norman Mailer - Dead
3. Joseph Ellis - Alive
4. Katharine Graham - Dead
5. Jerry Bock - Alive
6. Barbara Tuchman - Dead
7. Ned Rorem - Alive
8. Jeff MacNelly - Dead
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up) - Dead
10. Ron Suskind - Dead

Theme: Pulitzer Prize winners

1. Gwendolyn Brooks D
2. Norman Mailer D
3. Joseph Ellis D
4. Katharine Graham D
5. Jerry Bock D
6. Barbara Tuchman A
7. Ned Rorem A
8. Jeff MacNelly D
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up) A
10. Ron Suskind A

Pulitzer Prize winners

1. Gwendolyn Brooks - Dead
2. Norman Mailer - Dead last month
3. Joseph Ellis - Alive
4. Katharine Graham - Dead
5. Jerry Bock - Alive
6. Barbara Tuchman - Dead
7. Ned Rorem - Dead
8. Jeff MacNelly - Dead
9. William Raspberry - Dead
10. Ron Suskind - Alive

Pulitzer Prize winners?

1. Gwendolyn Brooks ALIVE
2. Norman Mailer DEAD
3. Joseph Ellis DEAD
4. Katharine Graham ALIVE
5. Jerry Bock ALIVE
6. Barbara Tuchman DEAD
7. Ned Rorem ALIVE
8. Jeff MacNelly DEAD
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up) ALIVE
10. Ron Suskind ALIVE

Huh?

1. Gwendolyn Brooks - Dead
2. Norman Mailer - Dead
3. Joseph Ellis - Dead
4. Katharine Graham - Dead
5. Jerry Bock - Dead
6. Barbara Tuchman - Dead
7. Ned Rorem - Dead
8. Jeff MacNelly - Dead
9. William Raspberry - Dead
10. Ron Suskind - Dead

Pulitzer Prize Winners

1 D
2 D
3 A
4 D
5 A
6 D
7 A
8 D
9 A
10 D
Pulitzer Prize Winners

1. Gwendolyn Brooks
DEAD
2. Norman Mailer
DEAD
3. Joseph Ellis
ALIVE
4. Katharine Graham
ALIVE
5. Jerry Bock
DEAD
6. Barbara Tuchman
ALIVE
7. Ned Rorem
DEAD
8. Jeff MacNelly
DEAD
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up)
ALIVE?
10. Ron Suskind
ALIVE

PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS

1. Gwendolyn Brooks --D
2. Norman Mailer --D
3. Joseph Ellis --D
4. Katharine Graham --D
5. Jerry Bock --A
6. Barbara Tuchman --A
7. Ned Rorem --D
8. Jeff MacNelly --A
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up) --D
10. Ron Suskind--A

Pulitzer Prize winners

Hmm, I preferred the ventriloquists. Not many familiar names here.

1. Gwendolyn Brooks A?
2. Norman Mailer Recently D
3. Joseph Ellis D?
4. Katharine Graham D
5. Jerry Bock A?
6. Barbara Tuchman D
7. Ned Rorem D?
8. Jeff MacNelly D
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up) A?
10. Ron Suskind A

A diverse set of people. Of the ones I recognize several are Pulitzer Prize Winners so that is my guess.

Dead or Alive Game 20 12-20-07

Identify the following people as Dead or Alive. Then guess the theme – three words in my notes.

1. Gwendolyn Brooks - ALIVE
2. Norman Mailer - DEAD
3. Joseph Ellis - ALIVE
4. Katharine Graham - DEAD
5. Jerry Bock - ALIVE
6. Barbara Tuchman - ALIVE
7. Ned Rorem - DEAD
8. Jeff MacNelly - ALIVE
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up) - DEAD
10. Ron Suskind - ALIVE

Figures the day it actually is Pulitzer prize winners I'm probably too late for the bonus. At least I won't have to consider that one anymore. Ha!

1. Gwendolyn Brooks - D
2. Norman Mailer - A
3. Joseph Ellis - A
4. Katharine Graham - D
5. Jerry Bock - D
6. Barbara Tuchman-A
7. Ned Rorem - D
8. Jeff MacNelly - A
9. William Raspberry (couldn’t pass it up) - A
10. Ron Suskind - A

Some-versatile-authors ----sorry, it's late.